The Parole Board, which held a remote hearing to consider the case, said Baker would be subject to strict licence conditions including a curfew and an “enhanced form of supervision or monitoring”, once released.

A spokesman for the Parole Board said: “Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public after release and whether that risk is manageable in the community.

“We do that with great care and public safety is our number one priority.”

The MoJ said: “Like all life sentence prisoners released by the independent Parole Board, Wendell Baker will be on licence for the rest of his life and subject to strict conditions – and faces a return to prison if he fails to comply.”